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David Massell
CommentatorDavid Massell teaches U.S. and Canadian history and directs the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Vermont.
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Canada’s in our DNA, literally.Canadians, blue collar and white, have always been drawn south to the United States by economic opportunity. Between 1840…